How the Library can help you in Semester Two? TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Canadian Studies | International Relations | literature searching | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Need help using or discovering Library resources? Need advice on referencing and citing? Not sure where to start with your systematic literature review? Or just want to know how to …Continue reading →

December E-Book News TAGS: American History | American Literature | art | Berg Fashion Library | British History | Business & Management | Cambridge Books Online | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Dawsonera | Dictionaries | Drama and Theater | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | EBL | Ebsco | Economics | education | Elsevier | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Fine Arts | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Humanities | Language and Linguistics | language reference works | Law | Life Sciences | mass communication | mathematics | media | Multidisciplinary | music | MyILibrary | Oxford Reference Online | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Science Direct | Social science | Sociology We have additions to the following e-book packages. Berg Fashion Library – We have added 70 e-books to our catalogue in December.  See a list of the Berg e-books (currently …Continue reading →

BFI InView – new e-resource TAGS: BFI InView | Politics | social anthropology | social policy | Sociology | videos | Womens' Studies We now have access to BFI InView. BFI InView is an online resource which offers a unique window on Britain’s changing political, economic and social landscape in the age of …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 2 TAGS: Books | e-books | e-journals | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 4 TAGS: databases | gender studies | media | new | online resources | Politics | social anthropology | Sociology | Womens' Studies As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: November 2014 TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Books | e-books | new | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

Autumn E-Book News TAGS: Access Engineering | American History | American University in Cairo Press | Anthem Press | Archaeology | art | astronomy | Boydell & Brewer | British History | Business & Management | Cambridge Books Online | Cambridge Histories | Cambridge Histories Online | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Dawsonera | Drama and Theater | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | EBL | Ebsco | Economics | Economics & Finance | Edinburgh University Press | education | Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Fordham University Press | General Science | Geography | history | Hong Kong University Press | International Relations & Development | Jagiellonian University Press | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Liverpool University Press | Management | Manchester University Press | mass communication | Mathematical Association of America | mathematics | media | Media & Culture | MIT Press | music | MyILibrary | Oxford Handbooks | Oxford Scholarship Online | Palgrave | Philosophy | Policy Press | Political Science | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Religion & Philosophy | Social Sciences | Sociology | Stanford University Press | Statistics and Probability | Taylor & Francis | Theatre & Performance | University of Adelaide Press | University of California Press | University of Chicago Press | University Press of Florida | University Press of Kentucky | UPSO | Yale University Press The following have seen additions to content and have been or are in the process of being added to our catalogue. Access Engineering has seen about 30 title additions as …Continue reading →

Chicago, 1950, Another Look: The Erving Goffman Memorial Lecture 2014 TAGS: Books | Erving Goffman | Howard S Becker | Library | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology The Erving Goffman Memorial Lecture is being held today as part of the year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Sociology department at University of Edinburgh. Today’s lecture is …Continue reading →

Trial access to World Newspapers Archive now available TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | databases | Newspapers | online resources | Sociology | South Asian Studies *The Library has now purchased access to African Newspapers, Series 1. See New! African Newspapers, Series 1 1800-1922* The Library has set up trial access to World Newspapers Archive (Readex) …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: October 2014 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | new | Politics | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →